What we believe

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We believe in one God, infinitely perfect and eternally existent in three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - (Mark 12:29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord), and that He created everything out of nothing for His own pleasure and purpose.

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We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the supreme and final authority in matters of faith and life, interpreted by the Holy Spirit to each individual believer, and the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of mankind.

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We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, and when he sinned (through disobedience) the race incurred both physical and spiritual death; thus man became alienated from God and incapable of remedying his sinful condition by his own means.

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We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ was begotten of the Father through the Holy Spirit, was born of the Virgin Mary, and is true man without ceasing to be God.

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We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ lived a sinless and perfect life that fully pleased His Father; that He died for our sins on the cross, the Righteous for the unrighteous, a substitutionary sacrifice bearing the judgment demanded by God's holy justice against sin, thus making it possible for God to remain righteous and at the same time to make righteous those who believe in Jesus. All who believe in Him are made righteous on the ground of His shed blood.

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We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, never to die again, and is ascended to the right hand of the Father, where He intercedes as High Priest and Lawyer (Advocate) on behalf of all who believe in Him.

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We believe that those who, by faith alone and through no merit of their own, repent and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior are miraculously born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the free gift of eternal life, and become, as children of God, partakers of His divine nature.

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We believe that the Holy Spirit baptizes all true believers into the one true Church, His Body; that He indwells them, bestows spiritual gifts upon them, guides and teaches them, and empowers them for effective service and holy living.

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We believe that there is a greater level of God's power available to believers, through an infilling of the Holy Spirit usually with the outward manifestation of speaking in God-given languages.(tongues) This experience is not essential to salvation.

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We believe that the Scriptures have given us everything pertaining to life and godliness, including not only salvation from the penalty of sin but instruction in righteousness for present sanctification and victorious living to the glory of God.

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We believe that two ordinances, neither of which is essential to salvation, are to be observed by all believers in obedience to our Lord until Christ's return; baptism and the Lord's Supper.

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We believe that at death the souls of the redeemed pass immediately into Christ's presence, to remain there until the resurrection of the body at Christ's return for the Church. We also believe that at death the souls of the lost go away from Christ's presence, where they remain until they are brought before Christ at the Great White Throne final judgment to be judged and cast into the Lake of Fire, there to remain eternally.

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We believe in the bodily resurrection of the redeemed at the return of Christ for His Church, and that believers who are alive at that time, their bodies likewise transformed into immortality, will be caught up together with them to meet Christ in the air, ever to be with Him.

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We do NOT believe that Israel of the Old Testament has been replaced by the "Church" of the new Testament. God Almighty still has a wonderful plan for Israel. But all men (women and children) must be saved (born-again of the Holy Spirit)

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We believe that christians should regularly assemble together at a local, visible church as outlined in Hebrews 10:24-25 ..."and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near."

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What we believe

Scripture at this site taken from the HOLY BIBLE,
King James Version (KJV) (Public Domain)
New International Version (NIV) Ó 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society.
New American standard (NAS) Ó 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 by the Lockman Foundation
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.) 1996.

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